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Too many leaders turn simple problems into emails, invitations, committees, and meetings about future meetings. Often, one direct conversation and one clear decision could resolve the issue immediately. Effective leadership means communicating clearly, involving the right people, gathering the necessary information, and then having the courage to decide. It also means leading with genuine love—wil...

Parents often believe they are showing love by affirming every feeling, avoiding firm boundaries, or making life revolve around their children. But those choices can leave children unprepared for adulthood. In this episode, I examine five common parenting lies and how they affect a child’s relationship with truth, authority, emotions, sacrifice, and responsibility. You are not merely raising child...

Some people experience hell on earth because of circumstances beyond their control. Others create it through pride, resentment, dishonesty, unforgiveness, and division. In this episode, Dave Durand explores how our daily choices can become a dress rehearsal for either heaven or hell. Drawing upon Viktor Frankl, C.S. Lewis, Aristotle, and the wisdom of the Catholic faith, Dave explains why virtue l...

Narcissists often follow a recognizable pattern: they deny, accuse, manipulate, and even weaponize apologies and forgiveness—all in an effort to divide and isolate their target. In this episode, Dave explains how these tactics work, why reasoning with a narcissist is often fruitless, and how to respond without surrendering your peace or compromising your Christian duty to forgive. Forgiveness does...

Self-deception often begins with believing something simply because we want it to be true. Over time, those comforting stories can damage our performance, relationships, and ability to face reality. In this episode, Dave Durand examines three types of self-deception: deflationary, paradoxical, and persistent. He explains how each one takes hold, why we resist evidence that challenges us, and how h...

Division can take root anywhere, from our homes to our workplaces. In this episode, Dave explains how sin damages relationships and why sincere repentance and forgiveness are essential to repairing them, restoring unity, and moving forward together.

How do you know if your leadership truly worked? In this episode, Dave Durand explores “The Great Handoff,” the moments when parents and leaders discover whether they have prepared someone for the next stage of life. Drawing from his experience as a father, coach, and CEO, Dave shares the qualities that form virtuous, responsible, and high-performing people and explains how strong leadership prepa...

From the Vault: Episode 30 of The Dave Durand Show . Dave discusses how to build a virtuous workplace by hiring the right people, planning intentionally for the future, and creating a culture rooted in strong principles and effective leadership.

From the Vault: Episode 29 of The Dave Durand Show . Dave breaks down the principles of building an effective sales strategy and answers listener questions, including whether a business partnership is the right path for aspiring entrepreneurs.

From the Vault: Episode 28 of The Dave Durand Show . Dave explores the four temperaments and the four cardinal virtues, explaining how understanding your natural strengths and weaknesses can help you grow as a leader while bringing out the best in others.

From the Vault: Episode 27 of The Dave Durand Show . Dave explores the art of delegation, how leaders can remain both confident and humble, and the important role the transcendentals play in effective leadership.

From the Vault: Episode 26 of The Dave Durand Show . Dave shares the key principles behind building a strong organizational culture and why it serves as the foundation for long-term success. Plus, listener Q&A.

From the Vault: Episode 25 of The Dave Durand Show . Recorded shortly after Dave's marriage, this episode explored the importance of time management for Catholics and the distinction between simply doing more and becoming more. Dave shared insights on prioritization, vocation, and living with greater intentionality.

From the Vault: Episode 24 of The Dave Durand Show . Dave and Nico discuss practical strategies for negotiating effectively in business, leadership, and everyday life. Dave also answers listener questions, including when leaders should begin delegating responsibilities to others.

In this episode, I explain three ways fear quietly undermines your leadership, decision-making, and relationships. While fear can sometimes trigger the right action, allowing it to become your primary motivation leads to poor judgment, injustice, and paralysis. I also explore what Scripture teaches about fear, why we should shift our focus from avoiding failure to pursuing purpose, and how trustin...

From the Vault: Episode 23 of The Dave Durand Show . Dave outlines five practical keys to running more effective meetings and creating better outcomes for your team. He also answers listener questions in this week's Q&A segment.

In this episode, I examine the idea that worker co-ops offer a better alternative to traditional capitalism and explain why, despite good intentions, they have never become a widespread solution. We explore incentives, risk, human nature, and the practical realities of starting and growing organizations. I also discuss the strengths and weaknesses of both co-ops and capitalism, why systems must ac...

From the Vault: Episode 22 of The Dave Durand Show . Growth always comes with challenges. In this episode, Dave discusses the growing pains we must embrace in order to develop as leaders, professionals, and individuals. Plus, listener Q&A.

In this episode, I explore the relationship between effort and satisfaction, and why so many people feel unfulfilled despite wanting success. Whether you're leading a team or working toward your own goals, there is a direct connection between the effort you put in and the satisfaction you experience. I explain why leaders should focus on creating meaningful measures of progress, how effort le...

From the Vault: Episode 21 of The Dave Durand Show . Dave breaks down the seven key components of competency and how they apply to both your professional and personal life. He also answers listener questions on leading effectively in an AI-driven world and identifying business opportunities positioned for future growth.

In this episode, I break down the five levels of productivity discipline and explain why so many people struggle to turn potential into results. From failing to begin and quitting too early to sloppiness and perfectionism, each level reveals a different obstacle that prevents people from accomplishing meaningful work. I also explain how true productivity requires both quality and deadlines, and wh...

From the Vault: Episode 20 of The Dave Durand Show . Dave breaks down six often-overlooked traits of effective leaders, with a focus on the role of virtue—especially humility—in long-term success. He also answers listener questions, including whether it is morally permissible to take on debt to build a business.

Dave joins John Morales on Morning Air to discuss how health affects personality.

In this episode, I explore a question most people rarely stop to examine: Are you actually a good person? Drawing from Aristotle, St. Thomas Aquinas, and Catholic teaching, I explain why goodness is not something we define for ourselves. A thing is good when it fulfills the purpose for which it was created. The same is true for us. We discuss what it means to be a good employee, spouse, parent, an...

From the Vault: Episode 19 of The Dave Durand Show . Dave shares seven keys to effective negotiation and how these principles apply across leadership, sales, and even parenting. This episode also includes a segment from a live Q&A at the Scale to Freedom seminar.